The writer of The New York Times article starts out unemotional. He does so by using the phases “It was a genuine tragedy” and “Small wonder.” He writes only abou

Midge Dector begins her article, “Megan’s Law and The New York Times” by telling what happened to this little girl. The times does the same thing, but Mrs. Dector's is more emotional and she also goes into more detail. . Dector says, that 200,000 New Jerseyans” want a bill that will crack down on sex offenders. By using words like “frantic” and “discarded” the reader, can see some of the emotions that her parents went through. Dector is trying to appeal to the reader’s heart

Dector believes that the law is too soft on criminals. Her evidence contradicts that of the times, saying experts greatly doubt that any rehabilitation program can work to cure violent sex offenders. She gives Criminologist John J. Dilulio Jr of Princeton and the Wall Street Journal as support to her evidence. This makes her evidence much more compelling than the times. With that evidence her article has the better argument.

Dector does not start talking about the times until her sixth paragraph. She does this so the reader’s emotions are high, so they will see the point see is trying to make. Right away she begin to mock the times. It is obvious, that D

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